Wallace terry biography

Wallace Terry was recognized as the leading authority on the black experience in Vietnam.

His internationally acclaimed book, BLOODS: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans, was named one of the five best nonfiction books of the year by Time magazine, and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

Terry’s career as a journalist and war correspondent was featured in three BBC television documentaries—The Camera at War, Muhammad Ali, and Divided We Stand: Race & the Media.

He wrote and narrated the PBS Frontline documentary, The Bloods of ‘Nam, and in , Disney Studios released the Hughes Brothers film, Dead Presidents, based on a chapter from BLOODS.

BLOODS, published in , was named Best Book of the Year by The Baltimore Sun, a Notable Book by The New York Times, honored by 52 cities and states, and by the U.S.

Congress and Vietnam Veterans of America. Adaptations ofBLOODS have won the NAACP